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June 28, 1987

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING REMEMBERED

By Susan Allen Toth

LEAD: THE phone rang. Stirring a pot of sticky green-pea soup with one hand, I grabbed the receiver with the other. ''Is this Sue Allen from Ames, Iowa?'' a deep voice asked over long-distance crackling. ''Yes,'' I said, knees beginning to quiver. I knew what he was going to say next, and he did: ''This is a voice out of your past.

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HANDICAPPED CHILDREN RIDE TALL IN THE SADDLE

By Jacqueline Shaheen

LEAD: A WHEELCHAIR, put aside and, for the moment, forgotten, was in a deserted corner of the stable area. Nearby, Mary Alice Goss, director of the equestrian program of the Monmouth County Parks System, put her students through their paces at the Huber Woods Park stable in Middletown, calling out:

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 1987, covering June 28, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Whitney by Whitney Houston

    Whitney

    Whitney Houston

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Girls; Girls; Girls by Motley Crue

    Girls; Girls; Girls

    Motley Crue

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Joshua Tree by U2

    The Joshua Tree

    U2

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

    Slippery When Wet

    Bon Jovi

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
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    42

Notable Births

Sonata Tamošaitytė

1987Sonata Tamošaitytė, Lithuanian hurdler[†]

Sonata Tamošaitytė is a Lithuanian athlete. She was born in Kaunas.

Terrence Williams

1987Terrence Williams, American basketball player[†]

Terrence Deshon Williams is an American former professional basketball player. Williams was drafted 11th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. He was the senior co-captain for the 2008–09 University of Louisville Cardinals.

Historical Events

Mustard gas

1987For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.[†]

Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as other species. In the wider sense, compounds with the substituents −SCH2CH2X or −N(CH2CH2X)2 are known as sulfur mustards or nitrogen mustards, respectively, where X = Cl or Br. Such compounds are potent alkylating agents, making mustard gas acutely and severely toxic. Mustard gas is a carcinogen. There is no preventative agent against mustard gas, with protection depending entirely on skin and airways protection, and no antidote exists for mustard poisoning.

Historical Context for June 28, 1987

In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]